In which Dave DeLong addresses a whole host of misconceptions held about dates and time.

The TL;DR for programmers is:

You should always use the Date and Time Services provided by the ICU Project. If you’re an iOS/macOS developer, then you should always stick to NSCalendar and its cohorts, which are all built on top of the ICU libraries.

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